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Whatever Is Still Green: Training Your Eyes on the Good When the Whole Garden Is Struggling
by: Sanda ValcuPublished on: 01/09/2026A scorched Zone 9 garden, a bougainvillea blooming anyway, and Philippians 4:8 — how to train your eyes on what is still green when the season has been hard.
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